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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 1, 2018Chattahoochee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2018, 7:21 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2018, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2018, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Chattahoochee County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

009 
WWUS82 KFFC 012321
SPSFFC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
721 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018
 
GAZ089-090-012345-
Chattahoochee GA-Muscogee GA-
721 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MUSCOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

At 721 PM EDT...a strong thunderstorm was over North Fort Benning, or
8 miles east of Columbus...moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind...pea sized hail and frequent cloud to 
           ground lightning.

  IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of 
           light...unsecured objects.

Some locations in the path of this storm include
Cusseta, North Fort Benning, Christopher, Sand Hill, Eelbeck/West
Fort Benning, Vista Terrace, Benning Hills, Jamestown/south Fort
Benning, Benning Park, Renfroe and Manta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear
thunder...you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

LAT...LON 3223 8482 3223 8484 3242 8496 3243 8497
      3253 8479 3240 8466 3223 8466 3223 8480
      3222 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 320DEG 25KT 3245 8483 

HAIL...0.25IN
WIND...40MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	60 min
May 31, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam	29 min
May 31, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	26 min
May 31, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Whitfield	39 min
May 31, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Baldwin, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Washington	23 min
May 31, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	26 min
May 31, 11:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Catoosa	34 min
May 31, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	45 min
May 31, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Dade, Walker	44 min
May 31, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jackson	43 min
May 31, 11:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	White	5 hr
Jun 1, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Pickens	33 min
Jun 1, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	44 min
Jun 1, 12:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Hall	39 min
Jun 1, 12:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Hall	46 min
Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Oconee	35 min
Jun 1, 1:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Paulding	49 min
Jun 1, 1:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oconee	42 min
Jun 1, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Jasper, Newton	44 min
Jun 1, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones	42 min
Jun 1, 5:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Whitfield	52 hr
Jun 1, 8:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dade	36 min
Jun 1, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	24 min
Jun 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	35 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon	29 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Whitfield	41 min
Jun 1, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett	36 min
Jun 1, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	49 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Douglas	27 min
Jun 1, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	28 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton	35 min
Jun 1, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	30 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	28 min
Jun 1, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb	27 min
Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	28 min
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	36 min
Jun 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Cherokee	33 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton	45 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	28 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Dawson	31 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	28 min
Jun 1, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette and 2 more	39 min
Jun 1, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton	34 min
Jun 1, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Forsyth	33 min
Jun 1, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall	43 min
Jun 1, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Heard	27 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	38 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin	46 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton, Spalding	35 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and 1 more	30 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Meriwether and 3 more	52 min
Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam	28 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Newton and 1 more	52 min
Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	29 min
Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	5 hr
Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	24 hr
Jun 1, 5:09 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Cobb	17 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Putnam	26 min
Jun 1, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford, Harris, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether and 5 more	39 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Oglethorpe	62 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes	25 min
Jun 1, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more	48 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson	33 min
Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	FFC	Macon	27 min
Jun 1, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart	49 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.